#BB9863#BB9863

#BB9863 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.082 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9863
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 99)
HSL	hsl(36, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 47.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 6.13, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 33.30, 79.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0181 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.082 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9752, 33.9239, 16.5604)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9863 #6386BB

analogous

#BB6C63 #BB9863 #B2BB63

triadic

#BB9863 #63BB98 #9863BB

tetradic

#BB9863 #63BB6C #6386BB #BB63B2

square

#BB9863 #63BB6C #6386BB #BB63B2

split-complementary

#BB9863 #63B2BB #6C63BB

monochromatic

#725832 #9D7944 #BB9863 #CEB48E #E0D0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BB9863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9863

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9863	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6985F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.082 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b690',
    500: '#bb9863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9863;
$custom-light: #d1b690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.136,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69974,
    "c": 0.08167,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9863

secondary

#ABB9CF

accent

#88CF59

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9863

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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